EPS Professors Influence White House Proposal on Community-College Accessibility
The New York Times is reporting that Sara Goldrick-Rab and Nancy Kendall, Professors of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, are a 'clear influence' on President Obama's plan to offer free community college to qualified students. To read more about the proposal and the role that faculty of Educational Policy Studies had in developing it, please read the full article in the New York Times.
Honors for "Testing Wars" by Professor William Reese
William Reese, Carl F. Kaestle WARF Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History, has been honored for his latest book "Testing Wars in the Public School," which was recently granted the O.L. Davis, Jr. Outstanding Book Award from the American Association for Teaching & Curriculum. This award is given out annually in recognition of scholarship that adds substantively to the body of knowledge about the practices and theories of curriculum and teaching. Reese's "Testing Wars" is also set to win the annual book prize from the History of Education Society.
Stambach receives British Academy/Leverhulme Grant to study Chinese language programs in Africa
Amy Stambach, Vilas Distinguished Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Affiliated Professor of Anthropology, has received funding from the UK British Academy to study the effects of Chinese investment on African students' educational and employment opportunities. The 12-month ethnographic project involves researchers from the University of Dar es Salaam, the University of Oxford, and the University of Wisconsin Madison. The project builds on Stambach's recent work"Rethinking Culture and Education" and Confucius and Crisis in American Universities (Routledge 2014).
Nelson elected Vice President/President Elect of the History of Education Society
Adam Nelson, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History, has been elected as the Vice President and President Elect of the History of Education Society, the leading scholarly society in its field. As President Elect of the HES, Nelson will serve as program chair for the HES meeting scheduled for November 2015.
‘When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools’
CLASS, RACE, AND THE CHALLENGE OF EQUITY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
By Linn posey-maddox
Linn Posey-Maddox, Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies, has just released her new book titled, “When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools."
Sensitively navigating the pros and cons of middle-class transformation, 'When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools' asks whether it is possible for our urban public schools to have both financial security and equitable diversity. Drawing on in-depth research at an urban elementary school, Posey-Maddox examines parents’ efforts to support the school through their outreach, marketing, and volunteerism. She shows that when middle-class parents engage in urban school communities, they can bring a host of positive benefits, including new educational opportunities and greater diversity.
But their involvement can also unintentionally marginalize less-affluent parents and diminish low-income students’ access to the improving schools. In response, Posey-Maddox argues that school reform efforts, which usually equate improvement with rising test scores and increased enrollment, need to have more equity-focused policies in place to ensure that low-income families also benefit from—and participate in—school change.
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UW-Madison Teaching and Learning Innovation Honorable Mention Award
Professor Nancy Kendall, Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies, has been selected to receive a UW-Madison Teaching and Learning Innovation Honorable Mention Award in recognition of her work to promote educational innovation on campus. She will be recognized for her achievement at the annual Teaching and Learning Symposium on May 19.
Virginia Horne Henry Award
Congratulations to EPS PhD student Sidra Rind
Sidra Rind, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, has received the Virginia Horne Henry award for her research examining the experiences of female students in Balochistani girls' schools as they negotiated the competing pressures of separatist, Taliban, and state efforts to shape their schooling experiences.
Jean Anyon Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper
Congratulations to EPS PhD student Julissa Ventura
Julissa Ventura, a Ph.D. student in the department of Educational Policy Studies, recently received The Jean Anyon Award For Outstanding Graduate Student Paper from the Grassroots Community and Youth Organizing SIG at AERA 2014. She received the award for her paper based upon her Master's research, entitled "Constructing Spaces of Belonging in the New Latino Diaspora: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Latino Youth Group." The selection committee was "particularly impressed by [her] work, which presents original material about Latino youth organizing in a new destination, a Midwestern city."